Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-25

not greatly unlike that of other successful
! business men. He married well, which
! is great thing in Itself. His wife is
sister to Frank d. Tracy, who was al one
! time very prominent in me New
York Stock Exchange, end st the
time of his death President of the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific sail
road. By the marriage Mr.. Scott got
considerable property, but he also
cot something lar more valuable, good
helpful wife, and an introduction into the
Stock Exchange. Here he became &C.
quainted with Samuel j. Tilden, Mr. Van.
derbilt the elder and other wealthy mag
mates Of Gotham. They were quick TO
recognize his ability as 4 tinanCier and
manager, and from this time his upward
progress was rapid. lie became inter-
ested in the manufacture # iron ard the
mining Of coal, as well SIS the c0rStruC-
ton and operation Of railroads. He owns
anthracite mines IN his adopted state and
bituminous in West Virginia, and as eth
er president or director, he controls over
p, 600 miles of railroad, probably
the largest number Of miles man
aged by one man in the world. And so
the page who lived in Washington has Ie-
turned after thirty-fVe years absence
quite differently situated Well, | should
say go. A man OF national reputation, the
largest coal operator in Western PennsyI-
vania and the Hooking valley, q director
in half a dozen railroads., president Of
two or three banks and one Of the recog-
niZed supports of the administration. No
one knows exactly how mUcn he is worth,
and his friends say that it would puzzle
Mr.. Scott to tell himself. His fortune
mas been estimated at $4,000, 900, and it
would be more apt to exceed that esti-
mate than to fall under it.
Although not himself q society man,
the prospective Secretary has a family
that IS especially fond of society, end
have both the taste and the wealth to
crafty their iundness TO any extent they
please. Should Mr.. Scott be called to
the Cabinet, the already bright circle Of
ladies who are included in official society,
VIII receive s delightful addition. TIE
family occupy the middle house of the
three tenements built in 1872 by Cover
nor Shepherd, at time when he was in
the zenith of his power. The house is
terraced up from the street, facing Far
ragut square, and when it was first
erected it was considered the finest pri-
vste residence in the city. The front is
finished in white stone, elaborately
trimmed ard set with heavy plate win
dOWS. The corner house, overlooking
Connecticut avenue-the Fifth avenue Of
the ca ,ital-was at one time the resi-
deuCe of Governor Shepherd, but is now
occupied by the Russian Minister. The
other next door neighbOr OF the congress-
man is Senator Stanford of California, the
~ n IN no II
coincidence that the two WeaIthIest zen
in either House should live next door to
one another.
At the beginning of the season the
house was refurnished and redecOTated,
and Mr.. ScOtt's expressed determination Of
making the tiaest interior in Washington,
came very near the mark To the left Of
the spacious hall is the richly furnished
parlors, and just in the rear Of them IS
the splendid dining-haiI, finished in oak
and furnished with an unsparing hand.
Mr.. Sc5tt gives some Of the best dinners
in Washington, and his chef is Jewel
Sometimes he superintends the prepara-
ton Of dinner himself, and he is counted
one OF the best amateur cooks
among the public men in Washingt0H,
and there are a good many of them.
Leaving the dining room and crossing the
hall you enter the library, where you will
very likely find the tinancier busy over
his papers and correspondence. He is
man of few words but of quick action.
As q business man he drives q close bar
gain and expects the person with whom
he is dealing to do the same thing, so
they meet on common ground In mat
tiers of charity ne is liberal but only for
Charity's sake. He never permits charity
TO run his business.
Let US take a look at the man who
turns to receive Us. A slender, 1.-the figure
of medium height. we'll poised large
head with gray, deep set eyes, and an al
most gray muStaChe, setting off 8 re-
markedly strong, clear cut face. He is
dressed in 8 loose fitting, square cut sack
coat, that rather bags about his thin fig
ure. His air is for the most part pre-
occupied, and his conversation with
strangers monosyIlabic, but with his
friends he is described as being a most
agreeable and entertaining companion.
During the winter Mrs. Scott did not
appear much in society, being still in
within a year. Her eldest daughter,
NILS. 1OHASCHu VI 1uIIduclpHldJ WAOSt
husband is wealthy banker
and broker of that city, was
the hostess of her fathers princely
house. She was assisted by Mrs Charles
H. Strong of Erie, the second and only
other child of the millionaire. Mrs.
Strong was greatly missed in Erie, for
she is one of the angels Of mercy among
the poor of the city and never tires of do
ing good. Mrs. Scott is also much loved
in Erie. She is naturally of a retiring
and one of her particular
friends told me the other day that she
much prefers the old home on Peach
street, in Erie, by no means pretentious
residence, though beautifully furnished